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Webster 1913 Edition


Baffling

Baf′fling

(băf′flĭng)
,
Adj.
Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting;
as,
baffling
currents, winds, tasks
.
Baff′ling-ly
,
adv.
Baff′ling-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Baffling

BAF'FLING

,
ppr.
Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling wind, among seamen, is one that frequently shifts, from one point to another.

Definition 2024


baffling

baffling

English

Verb

baffling

  1. present participle of baffle

Adjective

baffling (comparative more baffling, superlative most baffling)

  1. puzzling and frustrating

Translations

Noun

baffling (plural bafflings)

  1. An act of foiling or thwarting.
    • 1831, The Quarterly Review (London)
      [] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters []